Luis Goddyn - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Professor: Luis Goddyn

Department: Mathematics

College: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH151
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

A clown makes you laugh all semester long then it turns into tears when u get ur grades. For first year students if you didn't calculus in high school for the love of GPA GOD Avoid this tuurdd. This guy is a joke of a prof ur better off learning from the book, he makes mistakes and his exams arent anything like the quizzes or HW. You have my wisdom

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH308
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Luis was only on time a handful of times and even when he was on time he wasn't prepared. Almost every single lecture starts 5-10 mins late and he doesn't respect the time at which the lecture is supposed to end. He will often go off on tangents in the middle of lectures and it is not uncommon to only get through a few slides of the lecture. Avoid.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH158
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Best Prof I have ever seenVery good

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

As nice of a person he was, teaching ability is straight up terrible. He literally brought the textbook with him and copied examples out of it, but got confused and made it harder to learn b/c when i stopped going i got better marks. Also very unprofessional as he never shows up on time and some exam questions are nothing like TB or even past exams

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Always late. Lectures and examples are straight out of the textbook, does not explain topics and questions clearly what so ever

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Luis Goddyn is a great Math Prof. His lectures are easy to follow and the examples are mostly basic ones from the textbook. His teaching style is good for those who are not the best in Math as he goes through examples very clearly. His exams were fair, and you can expect a decent mark if you attempt practice problems in the textbook.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Many mistakes in every lecture. his lectures are straight out of the textbooks, he has the textbook open in front of him while hes teaching and just reads word for word, and makes the examples even more complicated. You're better off just teaching yourself. His tests are nothing like the assigned homework

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Consistently late and pretty unorganized. Explains concepts clearly, gives simple examples in class. Exams are fair (expect questions where you need to APPLY what you learn to a new style of question, often different from assigned homework)

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Doesn't do good examples, never gives the full time for the quizzes and very unorganized

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof is okay it's just that this course is very hard.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Pros: His midterms and finals are mostly very easy, He is a very generous marker and re-marker, entertaining in lecture, gives engaging assignments, posts notes online(huge help). Cons: Highly disorganized, makes tons of mistakes in lecture, late at posting assignments, quiz questions take way too long!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

lectures are organized. You should read textbook by yourself. Do the assignments, you will be fine on the quiz. midterm and final are not difficult. Overall, it's good prof

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Luis is a very easy instructor. His explanations are clear and he tells you exactly what to expect for his midtermsexams. There are no tricks. Those who do the practice problems and optional problems will do well in the course. The people who complain about Luis are the people who didn't do the homeworkreadings or study.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I started out the course thinking it would be sufficient to do the assigned problems and a little extra reading. Not a chance - his lectures and assignments focus on deeper understanding, but he doesn't provide a solid base to get there. Especially in the first few weeks, do ALL the questions from the assigned chapters. Overall, he's okay.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Hard class that was even harder with such a prof. It's funny in-class and he does and says all kind of crazy things, but he is a terrible teacher. He will constantly screw up his numbers, and will just confuse the heck out of you. So many times students had to help him out figure where he made a mistake. And don't even bother outside office hrs.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is very enthusiastic, he made math interesting. Made some mistakes when solving problems which was little confusing. He will take the time to help you. The testing style in this course was very difficult, challenging problems and about a minute per question. If you are not good at math, expect to put a ton of work for an ok grade.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Luis is enthusiastic and pretty good at explaining concepts. He makes a few mistakes in lecture, but it really doesn't matter if you read the book. Assignments can be challenging, but the midterms are very fair. The final exam was much easier than any of the midterms as well. Would highly recommend Luis.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Pros: He posts all his lecture notes online. His exams are all very easy. He's very generous in marking. He is usually willing to help. Cons: Very disorganized. Makes several mistakes in lecture. Often late to lecture and office hours. Usually takes too long to upload assignments. Sometimes asks unreasonably long questions on the quizzes.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Luis doesn't go out of his way to make this course very difficult. He is a graph theorist though, so he likes to ask interestingdifficult questions about that kind of stuff. So I'd really put in a lot of work for those sections.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MACM201
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Luis isn't clear in lecture and isn't very helpful in the workshop. He makes a ton of mistakes on assignments, lectures and quizzes. With that being said, he is an extremely easy professor. Midterms are a cakewalk. Definitely recommend for compsci kids who only want a good grade.